բով
Armenian
Etymology 1
From Old Armenian բով (bov).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [bɔv]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɔv]
Noun
բով • (bov)
- furnace
- (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բով (bov) | բովեր (bover) | ||
| dative | բովի (bovi) | բովերի (boveri) | ||
| ablative | բովից (bovicʿ) | բովերից (bovericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | բովով (bovov) | բովերով (boverov) | ||
| locative | բովում (bovum) | բովերում (boverum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | բովը/բովն (bovə/bovn) | բովերը/բովերն (boverə/bovern) | ||
| dative | բովին (bovin) | բովերին (boverin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | բովս (bovs) | բովերս (bovers) | ||
| dative | բովիս (bovis) | բովերիս (boveris) | ||
| ablative | բովիցս (bovicʿs) | բովերիցս (bovericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | բովովս (bovovs) | բովերովս (boverovs) | ||
| locative | բովումս (bovums) | բովերումս (boverums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | բովդ (bovd) | բովերդ (boverd) | ||
| dative | բովիդ (bovid) | բովերիդ (boverid) | ||
| ablative | բովիցդ (bovicʿd) | բովերիցդ (bovericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | բովովդ (bovovd) | բովերովդ (boverovd) | ||
| locative | բովումդ (bovumd) | բովերումդ (boverumd) | ||
Derived terms
- բովել (bovel)
Etymology 2
From Azerbaijani böv, büvə, böyə. Doublet of պո̈ւ (pü, “ghost”) and պի (pi, “venomous spider”) in the dialects of Constantinople and Nor Nakhijevan, borrowed from other Turkic languages.
Alternative forms
- բո (bo)
- բօ̈վ (böv), պօ̈վ (pöv) – dialectological notation
Noun
բով • (bov)
- (dialectal, Karabakh) a kind of arachnid, probably camel spider
- Synonym: խըմբըրկատու (xəmbərkatu)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “բով”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 202b
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 183
- Sargsyan, Armen Yu. (2013), “բօվ”, in Łarabałi barbaṙi baṙaran [Dictionary of Karabakh Dialect] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Edit Print, →ISBN, page 101c
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “բով”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 211a
Old Armenian
Etymology
Ačaṙyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰō- or *bʰow-, from *bʰeh₁-.[1][2]
Noun
բով • (bov)
- furnace
- crucible, melting pot
- censer
- fire
- smelting
- (in the plural) mine
- (figurative) furnace, crucible (a place or time of punishment, affliction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline)
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բով (bov) | բովք (bovkʿ) | |
| genitive | բովոյ (bovoy) | բովոց (bovocʿ) | |
| dative | բովոյ (bovoy) | բովոց (bovocʿ) | |
| accusative | բով (bov) | բովս (bovs) | |
| ablative | բովոյ (bovoy) | բովոց (bovocʿ) | |
| instrumental | բովով (bovov) | բովովք (bovovkʿ) | |
| locative | բով (bov) | բովս (bovs) |
u-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բով (bov) | բովք (bovkʿ) | |
| genitive | բովու (bovu) | բովուց (bovucʿ) | |
| dative | բովու (bovu) | բովուց (bovucʿ) | |
| accusative | բով (bov) | բովս (bovs) | |
| ablative | բովէ (bovē) | բովուց (bovucʿ) | |
| instrumental | բովու (bovu) | բովուք (bovukʿ) | |
| locative | բովու (bovu) | բովս (bovs) |
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բով (bov) | բովք (bovkʿ) | |
| genitive | բովի (bovi) | բովաց (bovacʿ) | |
| dative | բովի (bovi) | բովաց (bovacʿ) | |
| accusative | բով (bov) | բովս (bovs) | |
| ablative | բովէ (bovē) | բովաց (bovacʿ) | |
| instrumental | բովաւ (bovaw) | բովաւք = բովօք (bovawkʿ = bovōkʿ) | |
| locative | բովի (bovi) | բովս (bovs) | |
| post-classical | |||
Derived terms
- բովեմ (bovem)
- բովհրեմ (bovhrem)
Descendants
- Armenian: բով (bov)
- → Romani: bov (“oven, stove”)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “բով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 473–474
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “բով”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 506a
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 105a